anaheim-gazette 1924-01-10

TRADE COMPETITION AND SELF-INTEREST However much the theorist argues that international trade is beneficial to all countries alike, the fact remains that it is now economic competition of the most severe type. The school of free traders, beginning with Adam Smith, contends that each country should confine itself to the production or manufacture of only those articles for which by climate or environment it is most fitted, exchanging those products or manufactures for articles it can not produce or make. This results in international trade, it is said, in which both sides gain peacefully and harmoniously, without competition. Unfortunately, as if to dispute this theory, many nations have developed along parallel lines, producing and manufacturing similar products. In the process of time, international trade in many instances has developed into internactional competition. Great Britain manufactures many articles similar to articles manufactured in the United States. The same thing happens as between Canada or Japan and the United States. Many countries of South America and Europe grow certain articles similar to articles grown in the United States. The currents of peaceful international exchange of goods become whirlpools of competition, involving raw materials, wages and markets. Internationalists who believe the United States should emerge from its "isolation," so-called, and plunge into the unchecked torrent of world free trade, forget that the old theories have been swept away, and inter- Internationalists who believe the United States should emerge from its "isolation," so-called, and plunge into the unchecked torrent of world free trade, forget that the old theories have been swept away, and international free trade or peaceful exchange has given way to a competition severe and heartless. It is perfectly natural, when weighed in the scales of business, for Great Britain or other nations to do everything in its power to widen the markets for its goods and to capture these markets at all hazards. On the part of the British people the object of the imperial preferential tariff (now in operation between Great Britain and her colonies) is to look after British interests, regardless of what happens to other countries. The United States must realize that in Great Britain, in France, in Italy, in Japan, every move to promote the trade and commerce of those countries is prompted by business. It is neither love nor hate of America, but devotion to the material interests of their respective countries that prompt these governments to discriminate against the United States in many ways not found on the statute books. If the United States expects to maintain itself in this international trade and commerce it must pursue precisely the same policy, regardless of what happens to other countries. It seems to have escaped the observation of many of the theoretical internationalists that every commercial nation is endeavoring to get the best of the United States in trade. This is what Great Britain is doing; and why not? Great Britain looks upon the United States as its chief competitor in the economic world. In the recent economic conference in London the only nation mentioned repeatedly was the United States; the keynote was how to promote English commerce and welfare, regardless of the consequences to other nations. It must be quite clear to keen and patriotic observers that the United States is to be the target of other countries, especially Great Britain. British statesmen can not be blamed for this; American statesmen should be on the defensive and protect America with equal zeal. Reports from inside sources are to the effect that Mr. Coolidge is seriously contemplating "reading the riot act" to the progressives in Congress, especially those who are holding up the reorganization of the Senate by refusing to vote for Senator Cummins for chairman of the Interstate Commerce committee. Thus far, the progressives are standing pat for Senator Couzens, although many of them predict that when the break does come it will result in the election of the ranking Democrat, Senator Smith of South Carolina. The wiser of the Democrats are by no means anxious for this empty honor. They realize it will mean responsibility without power. The indications are that the sole result of the deadlock will be a situation in which it will be impossible to pass any railroad legislation during this Congress. Secretary Hughes has put his shoulder to the wheel in an effort to procure information refuting the denial of the Russian Soviet that it is responsible for the propaganda looking to the overthrow of this government and a victory for illegal communism, and friends of the Secretary insist he is meeting with even more success than he had hoped. There is to be a Senate inquiry by a sub-committee of the Foreign Relations committee of which, presumably, Senator Borah will be chairman, so that a thorough investigation can be counted on. The Third International is unquestionably working through the communist party in this country to capture control of the labor unions, and the only possibly difficult part of Mr. Hughes' task will be to establish the responsibility of the Soviet for the activities of the Third International. With Congress in recess interest in the national capital has been devoted largely to the illicit traffic in liquor. A large quantity of liquor was seized by prohibition agents in the home of a Polish diplomat and international complications are threatened. A member of Congress who votes dry and lives wet is in trouble because the wife of a prohibition agent rented an adjoining apartment and discovered he was a liberal patron of a bootlegger. A list of alleged patrons of a bootlegger's syndicate, said to contain 2,500 names, is declared to have been ceilied by prohibition agents and to have "disappeared." There are numerous rumors abroad of "leaks" from democratic liquor supplies and a Con... nation mentioned repeatedly was the United States; the keynote was how to promote English commerce and welfare, regardless of the consequences to other nations. It must be quite clear to keen and patriotic observers that the United States is to be the target of other countries, especially Great Britain. British statesmen can not be blamed for this; American statesmen should be on the defensive and protect America with equal zest. If the United States is to retain any considerable portion of the world's trade and commerce gained during the world war, it must protect itself adequately against foreign inroads into our home markets with competitive goods. An exchange of American manufactured goods for similar British manufactured goods is useless and unprofitable; but a sight in the markets of South America or the Far East between American goods and similar British goods is intense competition; and the lowest price, with quality secondary, gets the order. The very first step in meeting such competition is the protection of our home markets so that our capital and labor may be employed and supply the home market first. The second step is to make quality more important than price in the world's markets. The third step is to free ourselves from all shackles that prevent us from looking after the interests of the United States by retaliating against any sort of discrimination against the United States in the commerce of the world. ONLY SLIGHTLY CHANGED "I wuz not always this way, mum I used to go to banquets." "And bad ways brought you low. You find things different now, eh" "Not so very. I had to listen to a lot of talk then to pay for me food. Only difference is I git de eats now." the nation which maintains it and is, therefore, free from the police and like regulations of the country in which it is maintained. Were this not the case the confidential records and even the persons of ambassadors, ministers et al, would not be safe in some countries, where the police would make a pretex of local laws to search embassies and legations and seize confidential papers. There probably would be little safety for the persons of American diplomatic representatives or their official records in Turkey, for instance, if the local police had the right to invade them. There would have been little such safety in old Russia, where laws were often passed solely to afford an excuse for searching private premises. Probably the only safety of American diplomats and their records in a number of countries is what is known in International Law as "diplomatic immunity." MOTOR REGISTRATIONS Registration of motor vehicles for 1924 will begin at all branches of the Division of Motor Vehicles on Monday January 14th, Will H. Marsh, chief of the division announced. All registrations will be made in accordance with the provisions of the Breed Act, Marsh stated. Every owner of a motor vehicle driven either for pleasure or commercial purposes will be required to register. A flat fee of $3 will be charged for registration of pleasure cars. Fees for commercial vehicles will be based on a weight schedule and the character of tires used. Although all registration fees are lished to stop competition and preserve peace on the sea. The navy needs cruisers and the government has the right to build them. Mr. Denby asks that 10,000-ton cruisers be authorized this year and says that even if congress agrees to a building program it will be years before the American navy reaches parity with the British in this respect. The department wants a five year construction program for navy aviation. Money is needed to elevate the turret guns of the thirteen treaty battleships to increase their range and power. There has been a dispute in the departments of American government over the right to increase the range under the treaty. In the state department it was opposed as an infringement advisers say there is nothing in the treaty which prohibits or can be consrued to prevent the elevation of guns. It is not even a violation of the spirit of the treaty. In this dispute the navy has the best of it until some interested power can maintain that the United States has not the right to increase its gun ranges and none has done so or even protested that the plan was contrary to treaty. The expense of navy competition has been stopped and congress should enable the American navy to keep the position to which it is entitled. The treaty is good if America keeps its rights under it. It is bad if America permits navy weakness to result from lack of appropriations. It is not enough to have a stipulated number of battleships. The fleet must have all its proper component parts to be the protection required by the country. of the division announced. All registrations will be made in accordance with the provisions of the Breed Act, Marsh stated. Every owner of a motor vehicle driven either for pleasure or commercial purposes will be required to register. A flat fee of $3 will be charged for registration of pleasure cars. Fees for commercial vehicles will be based on a weight schedule and the character of tires used. Although all registration fees are due and payable January 31, a period of thirty days after that date will be allowed motor vehicle owners before such become delinquent, Marsh said. After the fee has become delinquent the owner is liable to a penalty of 100 per cent. Because of the tremendous amount of business expected persons filing applications over the counter at the various branches will receive only their plates and a receipt, Marsh said. The certificate of registration will be mailed within thirty days after the application if filed. If the applicant is the legal owner, a certificate of ownership will be mailed to the legal owner to be held by cate; if not the certificate will be mailed to the legal owned to held by him until such time as the car is paid for or the title transferred. Marsh warned motorists today that applications should be accompanied by the amount of the fee and the old certificate and that the name and address should be legible. Changes of address should be noted. Offices of the division are located in Sacramento San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego and Fresno. KEEP UP THE NAVY Secretary Denby of the navy department asks congress for $30,000,000 to keep the navy in its proper relation to the British navy. The Washington treaty gives them equal strength but the American government has not accepted its treaty privileges. The United States is meeting its obligations in stopping construction and scrapping vessels, but is not using its own rights in balancing the fleet with its proper component parts. 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